1 Chapter 1 : The change

Ding!... Multi-dimensional Upgrade system Synchronizing.... (progress bar) 10%....40%....70%....100% System successfully assimilated into host soul Welcome Master to New Earth. (Moments before the transition) My family and I was driving across Canada for a family vacation with our built camper van in a Mercedes Sprinter 170 EXT, we are about 7 hours away from home. Driving on a highway just like any other day on a road everything was fine, until an earthquake happened... Our van swerved left and right and went 180 degrees then we finally stopped. It happened so fast and surprisingly the van did not turned over since we're running 100km/hr. in a hwy. luckily not much cars are on the road or else it would be a disaster for us. While we are on the van, we could feel the roads beneath our van moving and saw the road stretches, I thought I'm having an illusion but it looks magical and weird. After the road stretches the few cars that was about half a block away from us are about 2-3 blocks away now, little by little the rumbling starting to disappear and when it stopped I drove the van a little to the side of the road just to make sure its safe for other vehicle to pass safely. As soon as the van is parked I looked behind and said, are you guys ok?, my wife and daughter are seated at the back behind me, my wife (Esme) says I'm good and a bit dizzy.. baby girl you ok? I asked M-kei our daughter which she just nods her head and says I'm ok daddy. So I told them to stay inside while I check if the tires are ok and I went outside and checked the tire pressure of each tires, while checking, Esme went outside as well and asked me why are there no sounds coming anywhere. I was surprised from what my wife just asked me and I didn't even noticed what was happening around us. Now that she mentioned it, I really can't hear any sound, not even a blowing wind, its like the space we're in is at a stand still, although we could see cars stopped a few distance away from us on different directions. We just wondered what just happened, me and my wife was looking left and right , we could see people getting out of their vehicles to checked if everything is ok and while looking confused. Not minding too much of everyone else on the highway I told my wife, lets get inside the van and think this thru.. few minutes passed and we continued our drive. While driving the first thing I have noticed are the kilometers of our destination in our satellite gps has tripled, so now we really have to stop at every gas station since we might run out of gas before reaching our house. Second thing I have noticed are the usual trees that you would find at the side of the road are no longer there instead of skinny looking trees which are called columnar trees, now there are these trees which you would only find in Madagascar, the bulbous tree trunk that looks like a blown up balloon that have been planted upside down, and the weird thing is that these balloon like trees are surrounded by a gigantic trees that you would usually find in tropical forest which are called kapok trees. Few minutes after I'm driving I started hearing some kind of chime from time to time, it has its own continuous rhythm, its not loud and and its not ringing in the ear but a short chime that kept repeating Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! So I asked Esme which is now seating beside me on the passenger seat. Hani(that's what I called her most of the time) can you hear that chime? Its been repeating from time to time, do you know where its coming from?.. My wife says I'm about to ask you the same thing Hani (and yes we call each other Hani instead of our name most of the time.. its cringy, I know) so I asked our daughter the same thing and not surprisingly she also hears a chime sound. For about 45 mins of driving these chimes are getting in our ears now since its getting faster by the minute, the repetition is starting to becoming none stop (it feels like you've been receiving emails continuously and hearing the chime sound on your phone every second which is by your butt pocket and your sitting on it while your trying to ignore them) Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding!, Ding! So I started slowing down and turned on my hazard lights and eventually stopped the van again on the side of the road, while doing so the chime sound starting to dim down and when we stopped, the sound disappears completely so I started speaking to my wife about it and a couple minutes after I started to resume my driving until I'm running about 80 km/hr. we started hearing this chime again and I abruptly slammed my foot on the brake pedal that made the van stopped hard on the middle of the road. Esme was angry as fuk for me stopping the car again and about to lash out on me but stopped when she saw a floating blue transparent screen that stated her welcome note and status screen.. Esme started looking at my line of sight as well and our child as all of us has this screen in front of us. My POV. what the fu** is happening right now, suddenly seeing this floating transparent blue screen which you would only read about in light novels with game mechanics when people are isekai'd to other worlds, which doesn't make sense since we are in the real world and the technology that we have right now can't produce this unbelievable thing that is floating right in front of me. I looked at my wife and my kid's view and also seeing this blue screen in front of them and I started reading this note on my blue screen Ding!... Multi-dimensional Upgrade system Synchronizing.... (progress bar) 10%....40%....70%....100% System successfully assimilated into host soul Welcome Master to New Earth. After reading which was stated in front of me, I wondered why a game system suddenly appeared. so I asked Esme and M-kei if the note they have, stated the same as mine. Esme didn't say anything but just stared on her screen as for my kid M-kei was trying to touch hers while looking amazed. So I deliberately looked at Esme screen and surprisingly able to see what's on her screen (because in some cases in any light novel or manga's with game mechanics that i have read, people can only see their own screen and not other people screens unless they were authorized by the owner) Welcome Player to New Earth Try to survive, enjoy and cherish this new life bestowed upon you Title : The Wife Rank: I Name: Esme A. Lvl: 1 HP: 450 MP: 500 Exp: 0/50 BP: 15 SP: 10 Str: 8 Int:25 Agi: 12 Dex: 17 Vit: 15 Luck 20 Total stats: 97 Passive: Knife Mastery III, Scalpel V, Cooking II, House cleaning III, Gardening III, Memorization III Active: Knife throwing (In my thoughts) I was surprised that Esme got a bunch load of health points and mana points, and a high Intelligence stats on her base level. I already knew she is a very smart woman since she was a Dentist in the Philippines. So it seems she has leveled up from 0 -1 but how!? I don't remember killing any monster along the way or any of that matter. So I thought of speaking to my system, just maybe the system would have an answer to all of this. Saying it out loud.. System! A small blue chat box appeared in front of me with a system response [what do you need master?] I asked my system, If there's a mistake as how did my wife and us all of a sudden leveled up (I'm assuming, that is why we got a blue screen right in front each of us) I have told my system that we have not killed any monster or any of that matter. [Have you checked the Notification at all?] As I read it, I asked my system to show me my notification box. surprisingly I saw a bunch of notifications stating that we have killed a bunch of insects along the way Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects .10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects . 10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects . 10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects . 10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects . 10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects . 10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects . 10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects . 10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects . 10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects . 10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects . 10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points Ding! Killed a Rank I earth insects . 10 experience acquired, and .02 upgrade points I was shocked to see a long list of notifications in the box and it seems insects are now considered a monster in the eyes of the level-up system A Rank I earth monster, so does that mean there's also a Rank I New Earth monster, since I was welcomed by the system to new earth, I was also wondering why I only got . 10 experience and what's worse is .02 upgrade points. [Yes Master.. that is correct, in fact all the old animals, insects and all amphibians are now classified as earth monsters and all are ranked differently from Rank I - VII as for the New Earth monsters, they are Ranked from Rank I - X] [The experience and upgrade points received also varies from Rank, Sizes and Ferocity, just like insects that you have hunted are mostly tiny and not ferocious that's why you only received .10 experience and .02 upgrade points every monster killed and it also depends on how many people are in your party since all experience are shared by the group] As we are in this topic might as well check my status and my daughter's status, system can you show me my status System: Multi-dimensional Upgrade System !Status !Ability and Skills !Inventory !Upgrade Faction: - Jay Jay - Esme - M-kei Party: - Jay Jay - Esme - M-kei Title : Gamer, Hoarder Rank: I Host: Jason A. Age: 34 Lvl: 1 HP: 300 MP: 280 Exp: 0/50 UP: 54 (.02 x 60 x 45) BP: 15 SP: 10 Str: 13 Int: 14 Agi: 9 Dex: 18 Vit: 10 Luk: 25 Total stats: 89 Passive: Survival I, Pistol Mastery II, Archery IV, Hand to eye coordination VIII, Katana Mastery II, Dual Wielder (no rank), Carpentry I, Electrician I, Driving II, Adaptability III, Active: As soon as I saw my status, it appears like all my hobbies was turned to skills and I wasn't expecting much and just compared it to my wife's base stats and she wins by a margin. In a few seconds I have noticed the BP and SP amount are the same for all three of us. So I asked my system about it and I learned that, because they are inside the van before the change occurred they are considered by the system as the permanent party and is also affected and gained some benefits through the first level up. Also the status panels of everyone whose not included in party or factions will appear vastly different in terms of functionality System can you explain what BP and SP mean ? [After each level-up each player would received a fix amount of BP - bonus points that can be allocated on your status. The same thing applies for SP - skill points] [As for you Master having me as your system you and your family will receive 15 BP and 10 SP on each level up just because they are under your system] I have noticed that my status has two pages on them, after swiping my hand up I saw a small list of what I own Properties: - House (x1) Shelter: None Vehicles: - Camper-Van Lvl 1 - 2019 Chevy Cruze Lvl 0 - 2020 C8 Corvette Lvl 0 As soon as I read the info on it, I quickly noticed our camper-van has a level just like us three. System why does our camper van has a lvl 1 on my status page but the other vehicles I currently own are level 0? [The current vehicle your using and other vehicles that you own are considered as a part of you and part of the system, that is why when you hunted all those insects along the highway a part of that experience is shared to the vehicle you currently using and why your van has levelled-up to 1] After the system explained to me all about my status page, I saw my wife Esme looking at the conversation box while side glancing at me for what it seems about couple minutes already and waiting for me to help her understand what is really happening right now while staying quiet and analyzing the conversation I had with the system. Esme do you remember that talk that we had a long time ago, the time when I'm having a dream repetition of strange creature running rampant outside the house while killing everyone within their sight, and i also told you when you were at work and saw something strange and un-explainable things happening inside your workplace, that you need to save yourself and head home as soon as possible. Yeah that talk from a long time ago its happening now. I'm waiting for Esme's reaction to the bomb I just dropped on her, she's just staring at me while side glancing to our daughter and the blue screen in front of her while getting fidgety and she suddenly stopped and slammed both her hand on the dash board and shrieked and then slapped her cheeks with both of her hands and she was quiet for a about a minute and half then suddenly facing me and told me, what should we do now. As her husband I would like to comfort her and tell her everything will be ok but seeing how she reacted and becoming fidgety while trying to figure out what is going to happen to us from now on, but suddenly stopping and trying to compose herself and then she asked me for help. One thing that came to my mind from that moment is that women are scary, all this happened in a span on 5 minutes and she's back to normal and I can see a little hope and fire in her eyes. I faced my wife Esme and our daughter M-kei and told them about my system and what a system is according to novels I've read and what usual perks of having a system, I also told them about their very own blue screen panel and how to use them and how to add their bonus points to their base stats but before doing so I asked the system how do we un-summon the panel also what is the general stat formula and if there are other known system existing in this world. A blue transparent chat box appeared right in the middle of us three and system responded [ To summon status panel - say "status open"and its the opposite for unsummoning the panel] [Stats Formula] STR (Strength) 1 STR = 1 ATK. 10 STR = 10 ATK AGI (Agility) 1 AGI = 1 Flee. 4 AGI = 1%ASPD VIT (Vitality) 1 VIT = 50 HP, 1 DEF. 5 VIT = 1 HP Regen/sec INT (Intelligence) 1 INT = 2 Magic Atk, 1 Magic Def, 1 INT = 25MP DEX (Dexterity) 1 DEX = 1 Hit. 5 DEX = 1 ATK LUK (Luck) 1 LUK = 0.5 drop probability, 0.5% Critical [As for your last question, I don't know master , All I could say is that Im the only MDU System there is] The stat formula reminds me of an mmorpg that I used to play a long time ago on pc with its 2d graphics. I taught my kid how to un-summon and summon her panel told her not to summon it when there are strangers around and I looked at her panel after Title : Genius Rank: I Name: M-kei A. Age: 5 Lvl: 1 HP: 150 MP: 160 Exp: 0/50 BP: 15 SP: 10 Str: 3 Int: 8 Agi: 2 Dex: 4 Vit: 5 Luk 20 Total stats: 42 Passive: Building blocks (Lego) EX, Structural design S, Good at games I, Quick learner II, Hand to eye coordination VII Active: Throwing III After quickly looking at her status panel, I felt very proud and that explains a lot. I remember there was this game at her school where you need to throw a plastic ball that sticks on the target with corresponding points and she always wins. Btw system could you tell me the definition of each tabs I have on my panel and the limitations of my Inventory [Status - show stats of player and remaining points] [Ability and Skills - List of usable skills and ability of the player] [Inventory ∞ - Can store any non living and all in-animate objects - Can store and deploy items within 6 meters all around of master] (Distance -Upgradable) [Upgrade - Can upgrade anything at a cost] Uhhh system, isn't my inventory too op? [No master, this is just normal parameters set by my creator] Who is your creator system? [My apologies master but your authorization is not high enough to know of this] Are there anything else that I should know about system, since we are in discussion of my level of authorization [You should check your inventory] So i did checked my inventory just like the system told me to and guess what I found.. a Beginner Gift Pack. How did I forget about this, this is the first thing most isekai'd novels with system always asked as soon as they know they have a system.. I'm so getting old and kept forgetting things. (Deep Sigh) System please open my "Beginner Gift Pack" [Opening - Beginner Gift Pack (x1)] Inspect - skill (x3) Salvage - skill Shelter I ticket (x1) Arc Fusion Reactor XXXL (x1) EN core (x5) Dimension door (∞) Ram II, Boost I, Durability V 1000 UP Woah system your so generous, Im so very thankful, I wasn't expecting this much. System.. the inspect skill, can I share them with my family? And can you explain what is the use of each of them [Yes master, you can share the skill to your family members, just tap the item from your inventory and tap share skill and choose name of person you wished to share the skill with] [Inspect - skill is used to identify any living and non living things [Salvage- skill is used for breaking down materials into crafting materials] [Shelter ticket - this ticket can be used to make your own underground shelter. Shelter must be in the perimeter of your property and can be expanded as much as you want for a cost] [Arc Fusion Reactor XXXL - used to provide Electricity to a lot of homes or can be used in a very sophisticated underground shelter [EN core - this item is used to power vehicles instead of using primitive engine in the future, but can be use to power vehicle abilities] [Dimension door (∞) - D-door is used to connect one space to another, can be setup anywhere you desire, can be used by Family/Guild, your party or anyone you acknowledge] [Ram II, Boost I, Durability V - can be used in any vehicle ability slot owned by master] [1000 Upgrade points - can be used for upgrades] So I told Esme that I can share her an active skill gifted by the System, I also told my daughter that I can share to her a magic gifted by the system (since explaining to my kid what a skill is is too troublesome so I just said its magic) I went to my Inventory and chose the Inspect skill and tapped the share skill button and chose my wife's name on the list, then a shining blue light went up from the floor from underneath her seat towards her. M-kei said its so magical pls do it to me too daddy. So I did share the same skill to her and she experience the same effect as her mother. Lastly I used the skill item inspect and salvage on me and same effect was shown. System pls open up this vehicle's ability slot and used the 3 vehicle ability in the inventory in this van also setup the dimension door and install the EN core as well [opening] ————————Camper-van————————— Lvl: 1 EN core: 250 (Upgradable) Exp: 0/100 Exp storage: 0 MPG: 21 - 24 (upgradable) Fuel tank capacity: 50 gallon Max Speed: 350km/hr (upgradable) Engine: 6 cylinder Turbodiesel (upgradable) 0- 60: 5.4 seconds (upgradable 100UP/sec) Ability: Ram II(new), Boost I(new), Durability V(new), Dimension door EX(new), Cams I ——————————————————————— The inside of the camper shined and after a few seconds you could see a blue strip of light outlining the left and right side of the van heading to the front and there you could see something like iron mans chest arc reactor right at the middle of the van's dashboard. Also when you look at the door heading to the washroom at the back, you could see a hand scanner on the side of the door. System is this the dimension door? How do we use it? [Yes that is correct, you need to place your hand on top of the hand scanner to get an imprint and to use the door, you just need to place the hand with imprint on the door and say your destination like your house or shelter] We did what system says and the three of us got a black imprint on top of our left hand that looks like a ninja star but in the middle of it, there's a closed eye. I then tried the door and placed my hand on it, I could see the closed eye imprint opened and You could see a blue swirling eye on it (like its alive) and after I said my destination which is our house.. but nothing happened [You need to setup a door to other side as well] I facepalmed myself and thought how can I be so stupid, Im really getting old. So I told my family how to use the door and told them that we need to setup another door at home so we can used it After we ate some lunch, I helped my wife and kid to distribute their bonus points and I did the same, this is our new panel looks like Title : Gamer, Hoarder Rank: I Host: Jason A. Age: 34 Lvl: 0 -> 1 HP: 300 -> 450 (+150) MP: 280 Exp: 0/50 UP: 54 (.02 x 60 x 45) BP: 15 -> 0 SP: 10 Str: 13 -> 18(+5) Int: 14 Agi: 9 -> 14(+5) Dex: 18 Vit: 10 -> 15(+5) Luk:25 Total stats: 104 Passive: Survival I, Pistol Mastery II, Archery IV, Hand to eye coordination VIII, Katana Mastery II, Dual Wielder (no rank), Carpentry I, Electrician I, Driving II, Adaptability III Active: Inspect I (new) ——————————————————————— Title : The Wife Rank: I Name: Esme A. Lvl: 0 -> 1 HP: 450 -> 600(+150) MP: 500 Exp: 0/50 BP: 15 -> 0 SP: 10 Str: 8 -> 10(+2) Int:25 Agi: 12 -> 20(+8) Dex: 17 Vit: 15 -> 20(+5) Luck 20 Total stats: 112 Passive: Knife Mastery III, Scalpel V, Cooking II, House cleaning III, Gardening III, Memorization III Active: Knife throwing II, Inspect I(new) ——————————————————————— Title : Genius Rank: I Name: M-kei A. Age: 5 Lvl: 0 -> 1 HP: 150 -> 360 (+210) MP: 160 Exp: 0/50 BP: 15 -> 0 SP: 10 Str: 3 Int: 8 Agi: 2 -> 5 (+3) Dex: 4 Vit: 5 -> 17 (+12) Luk 20 Total stats: 57 Passive: Building blocks (Lego) EX, Structural design S, Good at games I, Quick learner II, Hand to eye coordination VII Active: Throwing III, Inspect I(new) ——————————————————————— We going to save the SP since I'm not sure where to distribute it yet. When we are about to leave and continue our drive, I told my system to turn off that annoying notification sound when i killed something and just notify me about the level up. When I asked my family if they still hear any sound they said they don't hear it anymore and it seems like turning off my notification with my system works with the whole party too. {A little time skip} About an hour and a quarter pass driving on highway 1 we're about to reach Regina Saskatoon, I'm planning to see the what might have changed since the road expansion that we witnessed so we could have an idea and what to expect when we get home. We currently heading to a hwy. loop merging to highway 6, after we merged I slowed down and stopped because I saw a bunch of silhouette down the road blocking the entire street. It looks like a gathering of different age group of people and only some of them are moving, to make sure before heading there and see what's going on I picked up my Nikon Monarch 5 binocular (it has 12 times magnification) and look at the gathering. I was surprised to see a bunch of monsters down the road, the small ones, looks just like a goblin described in novels and mangas, green skins, pointy ears and crude weapons. The big ones that looks like an adult from far away looks more like a hobgoblin, they have tan like skin pointy ears and a little better looking weapons and armours. Now I do wonder who is leading them, since in novels when monster like this are present, there is a possibility that they are lead by a shaman or a king. I told Esme that there are monsters on the road ahead and I need her help to find someone so I gave her the binocular and told her to look for someone with a staff or a crown on the group while I checked I asked my system how much can a durability V can handle and a definition of each ability that my van has. [Durability V** - can handle some attacks from Rank 5 Elite monster and any below it won't leave a scratch(Upgradable)] [Ram II*** - Full powered ram at targeted enemy every use cost 20 EN(80 UP^)] [Boost I - When used 1st, will double the power of the 2nd skill. EN cost will double (Upgradable)] System I didn't notice until now and i know its not the time but what are the stars for on the skills? [stars in skills determines the class level of the skill. Since DurabilityV has 2 stars, it can handle Rank V elite class or Rank V class 2 monsters attacks but will still sustain damage. New Earth monster are divided to 3 classes from Class 1 = Normal, Class 2 = Elite and Class 3 Boss] Since the van can handle up to Rank V class 2 monsters we should be good I hope. When I was about to ask Esme , she said she found a monster holding a staff and a crown and she gave me the binoculars and described where she saw the king and the shaman and I saw both of them together, closed to the centre of the gathering. I started upgrading the ability Ram I spent a total of 280 UP to increased the Ram II *** to Ram III *** to make sure to 1 hit kill the monsters at front and I hope its enough Rank III - 100 UP * 30 UP ** 60 UP *** 90 UP I told her to strap-in and make sure M-kei is also strapped-in, I told her we will massacre all of them using our new tanky camper-van. I started backing up the van to gain more space between us so I could reach our maximum speed. Then I revved the engine and let go of the brake pedal then the van shot forward (i didn't know that the acceleration was upgraded too since the level went up to 1 and about 30 seconds I could see them. I position the van hopefully running over the middle part of the group and activated the boost ability and right after I activated the Ram III *** ability and you could see right in front of the van a blue like transparent manifestation of a wide almost flat pyramid (the tip is pointed at front) covered by a lot of blades. When I hit them, I wasn't expecting that their bodies would be shredded along the way, if you could see both my wife and kid's faces their expression is comical, their jaw fell down and their mouth looks like a big O and when I went past them I quickly u-turned the van (From the speed and velocity of the van when turning, you could hear the tires screeching on the pavement and I heard M-kei was saying again, again, again in an amused tone like voice) and started it again but without the boost since it doubles the EN core consumption, and I did it 3 more times until those are left retreated to the woods. The EN core only have about 100 energy left and crossing my fingers hoping we won't be running in to any grouped up monsters again until the energy is replenished. Before anything else I drove the van slowly while being cautious and told the system to keep picking up everything on the road that are considered loot which means the items used by monsters and their shredded bodies are now inside the inventory. After leaving the area we right away checked the level-up notification and saw that we levelled up 4 times and all of us including the van is now level 5 even though the experience was cut to 4 our level up speed is great. I told my wife and kid that we will distribute the bonus points after we cleaned the van. Once we got in the city, we could notice some buildings have a lot of spaces between each of them, luckily the roads didn't break from the stretches but just expanded I could see a sign of relief on my family's faces like a big boulder was lifted away from their shoulders, specially my wife's. After the massacre, we went to the ESSO gas station on Hwy 6 first to fill up our gas tank since the EN core are only used for the vans ability usage. We have not seen any cars along the way here, it looks like the city has not been damaged much since when I went inside to pay for my gas the clerk is just chilling out and after he says have a great day mister. Looking for Walmart at my gps after it refreshed, the usual 10 mins drive from Saskwash carwash to Walmart in Gordon rd is now 30 mins drive. Now we are definitely sure that the earth has stretched in size and hopefully it wont grow anymore bigger. So after I went to a car wash station and cleaned my van full of monster guts and covered with blood. I head to Walmart Super-centre in Gordon Rd. I'm currently surveying the area while inside the van and it looks too quiet so we just waited in the van hoping to see a person walking in and out of the grocery store. I decided to park the van far from the entrance of the grocery store because the first thing I noticed when we got there are the vehicles, are somewhat parked closed to the store entrance and there's a lot of littered stuff on the floor of the parking lot, we know that it opens at 8 am and we have waited about 3 hrs and its 12pm already and still no ones insight. In that 3hrs of waiting I told my wife that we need to distribute all our bonus points and update my job before heading out. But first I experimented on my stats first and see if my suspicion are correct. Str:18 -> 20(+2) Nothing happened. I added a few more and a notification clicked Str:20 -> 30(+2)(+10) [Ding!] [Received active skill Boost Strength I] As soon as I saw what I got, I filled up the rest of the stat with points, levelled up my job and skill lvl too. Then I helped both my wife and daughter BP distribution Title : Gamer, Hoarder Rank: I Host: Jason A. Age: 34 Lvl: 1-> 5 HP: 450 -> 900 (+450) MP: 280 Exp: 40/400 UP: 720 -> 1,260 (+540) BP: 60 -> 0 SP: 50 -> 0(-50) Str:18 -> 30(+2)(+10) Int: 14 Agi: 14 -> 30(+16) Dex: 18 -> 30(+12) Vit: 15 -> 30(+15) Luk:25 -> 30 (+5) Total stats: 147 Passive: Survival I, Pistol Mastery II, Archery IV, Hand to eye coordination VIII, Katana Mastery II, Carpentry I, Electrician I, Driving II, Dual Wielder (no rank), Adaptability III, HP Regen I (new), Improve Concentration I (new), Drop & Critical up I Active: Inspect I, Boost strength II**(new), Haste I (new) ——————————————————————— Title : The Wife Rank: I Name: Esme A. Lvl: 1 -> 5 HP: 600 -> 900(+300) MP: 500 -> 600(+100) Exp: 40/400 BP: 60 -> 0 SP: 50 -> 0 Str: 10 -> 25(+15) Int:25 -> 30(+5) Agi: 20 -> 25(+5) Dex: 17 -> 22(+5) Vit: 20 -> 40(+20) Luck 20 -> 30(+10) Total stats: 167 Passive: Knife Mastery III, Scalpel V, Cooking II, House cleaning III, Gardening III, Memorization III, HP Regen I** (unlocked and new), Drop & Critical up I (unlocked) -> Drop & Critical up II(new), Mana Sense I* (unlocked and new), Mana Manipulation I (unlocked) Active: Knife throwing II, Inspect I ——————————————————————— Title : Genius Rank: I Name: M-kei A. Age: 5 Lvl: 1 -> 5 HP: 360 -> 1560 (+1200) MP: 200 Exp: 40/400 BP: 60 -> 0 SP: 50 -> 35(-15) Str: 3 -> 13 (+10) Int: 8 Agi: 5 Dex: 4 -> 14 (+10) Vit: 12 -> 52 (+40) Luk 20 Total stats: 112 Passive: Building blocks (Lego) EX, Structural design S, Good at games I, Double drop and Critical chance, Quick learner II, Hand to eye coordination VII, HP Regen I** (new) Active: Throwing III, Inspect I(new) ——————————————————————— I also checked the notifications I muted to see how much I gained on each monsters Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 2 Hobgoblins 12 experience acquired, and 8 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 2 Hobgoblins 12 experience acquired, and 8 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 1 Goblin 5 experience acquired, and 4 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 2 Hobgoblins 12 experience acquired, and 8 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 2 Hobgoblins 12 experience acquired, and 8 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 2 Hobgoblins 12 experience acquired, and 8 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank II Class 3 Goblin King 50 experience acquired, and 40 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank II Class 1 Goblin Shaman 35 experience acquired, and 28 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 1 Goblin 5 experience acquired, and 4 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 1 Goblin 5 experience acquired, and 4 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 1 Goblin 5 experience acquired, and 4 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 1 Goblin 5 experience acquired, and 4 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 1 Goblin 5 experience acquired, and 4 upgrade points Ding! You have killed a Rank I Class 1 Goblin 5 experience acquired, and 4 upgrade points {Monster killed = 25 Goblins, 40 Hobgoblins, 1 Goblin King, 1 Goblin shaman} (If I say so myself its pretty decent) I was discussing with my wife what to increase on our baby girls stat, she said for her safety we need to increase her vitality until she get a special kind of skill to keep herself safe if something ever happened to us and I agreed to it hands down. After that 3 hours of waiting at the parking lot, I told my family, that I will go and look what I could grab in the grocery hoping there are still food inside, and if ever things go side ways I will get out right away and won't risk anything and finally says they need to stay in the van for their safety and I need to go alone because its way faster and pull all the blinds down so no one could tell that there are people inside. When I got inside the store I found few bodies on the floor mixed from humans and goblins, tried to inspect a couple goblins Rank 1 Class 1 Goblin - (dead) Rank 1 Class 1 Goblin - (dead) I told my system to pick up every dead monsters and some monster loots on the floor. Since there's a fight here between monsters and humans, there is a possibility that some human or monsters laying quietly somewhere inside Walmart. I tried not to make any sound and kept my movement steady and in bare minimum, looking at every isle to see if there's any life in here with me. Every time I pass a section, I go back and make sure to make system to store everything up in the inventory. Looks like the food section is clear and also cleared out any security cams my system could grab along the way and now I went to and around the clothing section, so far I couldn't find any living bodies yet, I also took everything in the clothing area. I searched the fitting rooms and electronic area and there aren't any people or monsters here. While in the electronics area, I told my system to grab everything that is left behind, It can be useful later since I'm building a shelter once we're home. When everything's ransacked in the electronics, I then went to the toys, baby section and the pharmacy. I didn't find anyone there, so I told my system to do the same thing and take every single thing there too. Now if I remember correctly the store layout are all the same in every Walmart, just the positioning of goods are some what different in every store. So I went to the electronics area and found a door heading to the back where all the other goods are in and I also ransacked everything there as well including the heavy duty shelves at the back and video recording device inside the security room, since it might be of use later on. I spent about an hour inside and about to come out the store, I messaged Esme using our party chat, if she sees anyone outside. I told her to look at the cams surrounding the van first if she didn't find anyone she could take a peek and try not to open much the blinds and look around the van and also the entrance area. Esme's POV I was waiting for my husband in the van, praying that he is ok and hasn't met anything/anyone dangerous while inside. While tending to our daughter since its already lunch time I suddenly saw a chat box screen in front of me, the same chat box my husband and his system uses when they are chatting with each other. Just like what my husband said in the chat box, I went and look at our security cameras surrounding every side of the van, when I didn't see anyone there I then took a peek on the window blinds around the van, the back, the left side and the front are the same as a while ago when Jason left the van. As soon as I went to the right side of the van and took a peek to see what's at front of Walmart I saw a couple cars drove in and parked right at each entrance of the store blocking the way inside or anyone going outside. While looking at our binoculars I saw about 3 people are inside the car on the left entrance and there are 2 people in the car on the right entrance. As soon as I confirmed the people at front and no one else are coming I messaged back my husband with the same chat box that appeared a while back. He says to stay hidden and stay inside no matter what. He will try to get out as soon as possible and if things go south he'll try to dispose of them as safely as he can. END POV As soon as I received Esme's reply I saw 2 people on the left entrance and 1 on the right entrance trying to get inside by breaking the door glass. I went and and use inspect on them Left Entrance Lucas Campbell - Lvl 2 Sophia Martin - Lvl 2 Right Entrance Jack Brown - Lvl 3 So far the basic inspect could at least identify their level and names, at least they are lower level than me but makes you wonder how they level up so fast comparing with us when we're using a van and one of them is 2 levels less than me. Lucky me this Walmart's power is out and the only light is the sunlight passing through the front windows, so some area are dark specially the ones on the sides. Before hunting them I scoured all the weapon list in my Inventory for a good weapon to use I saw a somewhat look like a buster sword of cloud strife from advent children the movie but also it looks like a Giant blade as well. If your looking at the sword from the ground up, where the tip of the blade is on top, the handle of the sword is on the right side of the blade and not at the bottom and when I tap to see its name it showed me {Buster Blade} I did wonder who dropped this buster blade from those monster we killed since notification only shows me the experience and upgrade points for each monster killed. Now this sword is ok but its too big to use for silent killing so I searched once again for a much smaller weapon I saw a dagger but looks a lot like a short sword without a hilt the blade from the handle is about 19 inches in length and took it out of the inventory. I tried using the Basic inspect on the dagger but only showed its name, it sux {Sound of Stillness} Ohh well, for now this will be the one that I will be using for silent killing. After choosing the weapon a tied its sheath behind my waist for quick access later. In case I need the Buster Blade I asked the system if it could give me the buster blade later if I need it since I mostly be crouching down and I don't want to make noise by dragging the big blade behind my back [Just let me know when you need it] Good, thank you system I hid among the dark places of the store and I heard the level 3 person speak. "Look for supplies and if you found anyone you know what to do" The other two said "will do boss" (As soon as I heard that, its decided its kill or be killed) While hiding I saw both lvl 2 people taking out their pistols, the way they're handling their weapon is too poorly they look like some amateur gangsters. When Lucas and Sophia split up to cover more grounds I went and followed Lucas I kept my breathing to minimum while sneaking behind him when Im about in range I took out my dagger and activated the boost strength skill and plunged the dagger behind his back when I felt his body turned lifeless and told the system to put his body and weapon in the inventory so no one can see them. (That took a while, since the place is dark in some places, he kept looking behind his back, luckily I was able to sneak up behind him) Now I'm looking for Sophia, and I can't seem to find her so I switched target and started looking for Jack the level 3 guy and I started hearing someone moaning. (I thought maybe those two went and did it somewhere) I tried to follow where the sound is coming from and I saw both person in the fitting room(Oh my gawd they really did it) So I waited until they we're done while I ready myself and grasp my big blade and heard the last moaning sound, I positioned the blade horizontally to their body and trusted it to them with the boost strength activated and it pierced both of them from one body to the next. As soon as they exhaled their last breath i placed them in the inventory and also didn't forget about their weapon which are also stored in the inventory (At the very least before they died they felt awesome, I mean they are bad people and already given them some courtesy by waiting until they're done before killing them and I think that is enough) Now I've been waiting for the other two to show up inside and its taking them so long so I went ahead and checked, the left entrance guy was smoking and right entrance guy looks like he is napping. So i went ahead and killed the napping guy and used inspect on the guy smoking, turns out he is just at level 1 so I went and cover his mouth from the back while I slashed his throat and dragged his body inside, then I placed his body and weapon in the inventory as well. I messaged Esme in the van, letting her know that I'm safe and already disposed of the bad guys and told her I'm coming out the store and she messaged me back that its safe and no one else is around. Now I'm back in the van, I hugged my family and told Esme what happened inside the store also didn't forget all the vehicles parked in the the parking lot and the two cars blocking the entrance has been placed inside the Inventory to be used for parts if needs be and we went on our way to home-depot. In about 48 mins we reach our next destination, surprisingly the store is open and lots of people are taking stuff and not paying for them anymore. So just like before I went and told them to stay inside and keep a lookout for something, as I'm about to head out Esme kissed, hugged me and after, she said be careful. I was standing outside the home depot before going in, I saw a lot of building materials at the sides of the store stacked neatly. While I was walking I told my system to store every stuff within my radius while I walk. it took me about 40 mins to place everything inside the store including the heavy duty shelves, lawn mowers, all the plants and seeds into my inventory. I also did this to the other home depot and the 3 Canadian tire locations.. While doing so, people are getting shocked they can't comprehend that everything started to vanish one after the other and this happened at all the locations I've been to. While we are stopped and having our dinner, I was looking at my Inventory and saw everything is in order, from foods to clothing to hardwares, oils, air guns, building materials and etc. Weapons and armours are also listed in their own tabs and I told Esme if she needs a weapons that could help protect herself and showed her all the varieties from knives to daggers to guns. She chose a lot of goblin knives and a pistol. I also showed her some large blades but she wasn't interested on them. After we ate our dinner I drove all around car dealerships and guess what I took all the vehicles too, I told my wife we are not stealing we are repurposing them since the world is changing, we need every scrap metal and building materials there is for building our shelter when we get home. Just before we go and find a parking lot to spend a night on, we went to the same gas station with a chill clerk and got some gas again, we spent about 3/4 tank of gas from driving inside the city from store to store and dealership to dealership. I went inside to pay our gas but the clerk isn't there, I went to look for him, he wasn't in the public washrooms, the office, the freezer room, I literally checked everywhere. So I went back to the cashier and about to leave and I saw blood on the floor running down from behind the counter and there he is, dead with multiple holes on his chest (probably gun wounds) After I saw that the clerk is dead, I immediately ransacked the gas station too everything from behind the counter to food to drinks and I went inside the van after and told Esme that the clerk is dead with lots of bullet holes, Esme hurriedly told me to leave but I told her not just yet and its ok to stay a bit more since we got a tanky van. I told my system to upgrade my inventory storing radius capabilities from 6 meters to 15 meters. [Thats 20 UP per Meter, a total of 180 UP] [Should I proceed with the upgrade master?] Yes please.. 10 seconds after [Upgrade complete] I told my system to store all the gas under the station, and it took a bit of time, looking at the inventory slot, it occupied four slots with a units of 18,000 gallons each (thats a lot of gas, now I'm tempted to see how much other stations carry and don't worry I'm not a bad person to take all the gas in this city, I will make sure to leave 2-3 gas stations be for themselves) and we left. Ding! [Free Upgrade now in progress] [Gas tank is now directly connected to Inventory gas storage] (That is freaking awesome system) We drove around the city for a little bit as no one seems to be following us, so we looked for a quiet and secluded place inside the city specially around parks since some have parking lots, we met monsters along the way(mostly goblins small and tall, hobgoblins, big dogs and black bears) and we ran over them with the ram ability and sometime used boost ability and also collected the loot. We've been looking for a place to park the van but no luck so far. But on the bright side we levelled up 3 times and the van are full of blood again (because now I told my system to store the guts, innards while collecting loot a while back for the reason that all wash stations are close) So we went to parked our van on a street somewhere behind the Walmart at Gordon Rd. We shut all the blinds and went to sleep. The next day we are woken up by loud shouts from outside, looking at the time it's only 7 in the morning, I immediately looked at the tv and switched it at the security cams. I saw a guy trying to pick the locks on the sliding door but having problems. There's this guy looking at the windows, trying if he could see what's inside. Thru the tv everyone is holding a gun and we are boxed in with four empty cars(hahahaha). I woke up my family and told them what's our situation (M-kei said quietly run them over, run them over) I immediately told her that they're not monster but bad people. Esme told me we need to distribute our points in case of emergency. -distributing points- Title : Gamer, Hoarder Rank: I Host: Jason A. Age: 34 Lvl: 5 -> 8 HP: 900 -> 1770 (+870) MP: 280 -> 600 (+320) Exp: 145/700 UP: 1080 -> 1640 (+560) BP: 45 -> 0 SP: 30 -> 0 Str: 30 Int: 14 -> 30 (+16) Agi: 30 Dex: 30 Vit: 30 -> 59 (+29) Luk: 30 Total stats: 209 Passive: Survival I, Pistol Mastery II, Archery IV, Hand to eye coordination VIII, Katana Mastery II, Carpentry I, Electrician I, Driving II, Dual Wielder (no rank), Adaptability III, HP Regen I, Improve Concentration I, Drop & Critical up II(new), Mana Sense I (new), Mana Manipulation I (new) Active: Inspect I, Boost strength II**, Haste I Properties: - House (x1) Shelter: None Vehicles: - Camper-Van Lvl 8 - 2019 Chevy Cruze Lvl 0 - 2012 Ford Fiesta Lvl 0 ---------------------------------------------- Title : The Wife Rank: I Name: Esme A. Lvl: 8 HP: 1200 -> 1800(+600) MP: 600 -> 900 (+300) Exp: 145/700 BP: 45 -> 0 SP: 30-> 5 Str: 25 -> 30(+5) Int:30 -> 45(+15) Agi: 25 -> 30(+5) Dex: 22 Vit: 40 -> 60(+20) Luk: 30 Total stats: 217 Passive: Knife Mastery III, Scalpel V, Cooking II, House cleaning III, Gardening III, Memorization III, HP Regen I**, Drop & Critical up II(new), Mana Sense I* -> II (new), Mana Manipulation I -> I* (new) Active: Knife throwing II, Inspect I, Boost strength I (new), Haste I (new) ---------------------------------------------- Title : Genius Rank: I Name: M-kei A. Age: 5 Lvl: 8 HP: 1560 -> 1800 (+240) MP: 160 -> 600 (+440) Exp: 145/700 BP: 45 -> 0 SP: 35 -> 65 -> 50 (-15) Str: 13 Int: 8 -> 30 (+22) Agi: 5 -> 20 (+15) Dex: 14 Vit: 52 -> 60 (+8) Luk 20 Total stats: 157 Passive: Building blocks (Lego) EX, Structural design S, Good at games I, Quick learner II, Hand to eye coordination VII, HP Regen I** -> II (new), Mana Sense I (new), Mana Manipulation I (new) Active: Throwing III, Inspect I(new) ——————————————————————— ——————————————————————— After we did that I went to the driver seat and slowly took the blinds off the drivers area and I acted surprise telling them from my face that I have no clue at what is happening.(looking at them as soon as they saw my surprised face, some are grinning and some have this smug on their faces) A guy walked to my driver side (like a head honcho) and telling me to come down, so I rolled a bit down my window just so that we could hear each other. My POV - Hi guys what seems to be the problem? Driver side guy: "didn't you hear what I just said?" Me - I'm sorry its like an airlock inside, can't hear shit (this is clearly BS we could hear them from inside) Driver side guy: "Get the fuck out of your vehicle right now" Me - are you the police!, can you show me your badge please? (I was being nice) Driver side guy: "We are the police but we don't need to show you our badge" (saying it in a very condescending tone) (Some guys are laughing) Left passenger side guy: "My buddy here said get the fuck out.. (paused a bit) then says, get out now OR ELSE!!! (while pointing his gun at me) Me - (now everyone is grinning, wait till I fu** you guys over) I told my system to store those 4 cars boxing me in, at that moment all 4 cars disappeared. Everyone are now gawking, some says what happen? Then all of a sudden all of them are pointing their guns at me. The driver side guy heard me laughing quietly Driver side guy: What did you do? Where's our cars? Me: You guys are so dumb, didn't you see that this van is full of blood and there isn't any scratch or dent on it, did it not cross your mind that something is out of place and thought that it looks dangerous.(while saying this now I'm the one grinning and have a smug on my face) -END POV- As soon as I finished my dialogue, I rolled up the side window and now everyone started shooting at me(well at the van), finishing all their clips but still haven't left a scratch on our vehicle ——————————————————————— Camper-Van Lvl: 8 EN core: 450/450 -> 600/600 (20 UP=10 EN) Exp: 145/700 Exp storage: 0 Cams I (upgradable) MPG: 17 - 20 (upgradable 150UP/gal.) Fuel tank capacity: (connected to inventory) Max Speed: 350km/hr (upgradable) Engine: 6 cylinder Turbodiesel (upgradable 100UP/cylinder) 0- 60: 5.4 seconds (upgradable 100UP/sec) Ability: Ram III***, Boost I, Durability V**, Dimension door EX ——————————————————————— I pulled up the van's panel and I immediately told my system to upgrade the engine from 6 cylinder - 10 cylinder costing me about 400 UP, I did the same for the 0 - 60 acceleration from 5.4 seconds to 2.4 seconds and it cost me 300 UP for that. The one noticeable change was the front where the engine is, now it looks much larger than before. Everyone outside saw what has changed, they couldn't believe what just transpired. Through their eyes the seemingly normal bloody looking van engine bay suddenly expanded and now the snout of the van is a bit bigger and longer. As soon as I started the van, the engine ROARED! Broooom! Booom Booom Booom Booom! As if a mythical monster just woken up from its deep slumber, its so loud that law enforcers might stop me and impound my vehicle for waking up this monstrosity. I told my family to buckle up and we're going to hunt villains, when I got their confirmation then I immediately dropped my foot down hard on the gas pedal then the whole van accelerated. Everyone who was in front of our vehicle jumped to the side to dodge the van's acceleration and everyone looked at the fleeing van, they couldn't believed their eyes from what they just witnessed. Suddenly realizing they just escaped death but their minds went into stupor when they saw it u-turned and faced them. The Engine roared again, challenging the might of these puny little humans that tried its patience, while instilling fear to their minds like a predator looking at its prey. The van propel itself toward its challengers, its speed picked up from the ground up like they have never seen before. Little by little the distance between the two are shortening by the second. All of a sudden a blue light shined, blinding their eyes building up its image, the vans speed instantaneously spiked to its peaked because the aerodynamics of the vehicle changed once the ram skill was activated. One could see sharp blue air flow running through its chassis starting from the front to the back and the van instantly vanished and appeared behind them and it stopped. I, myself couldn't believe what just occurred, the speed of the van just made is so impossible from its current specs. What my family has just experienced was out of this world, the unexpected speed what you would normally see through having a light speed engine has taken place just now. We we're in front of them seconds before we hit and witness everybody's demise but we instantly jumped thru space and materializes behind the crowd. What we saw at that moment was magical, our surroundings changed to blue coloured light particles and touching them feels cold, it was amazing. Back to the people who was about to be killed, all of them laughed, looked at each other and smiled yet they felt cold breeze at their back. Everyone all at once shot into flames, they died just like that, not even their ashes remained. ——————————————————————— System what just happened? [What you just witnessed is the Rank VIII ability for vehicles called "hyperdrive" and through luck You have just unlocked its downgraded version "Speed-up I"] [Once basic requirements has been met Master might unlocked skills, and ability for yourself and your vehicle] [Of course its different for system users and non-system users] So there are other systems that exist? [Authority level is not enough] How to increase the authority level System? [Contributions] Then how do I gain contributions? [-no information-],[Get stronger Master] ——————————————————————— The day just started and a lot of things has already took place. First thing we did after the escalated development, we headed to the carwash and cleansed our van to avoid suspicions and stares from everyone. Then ate our breakfast since we haven't eaten yet while we discussed what we would do now and in the future. We kicked off to a good start and have taken most necessities needed for the shelter, plundered most of the gasoline station left 3 untouched, 2 Walmart has been looted completely and left 1 untouched and did the same thing to real Canadian superstores. We also went to garden centre since my wife love plants and specially they have other building material that we might need in the near future. Before we left Regina for good we headed to their banks, jewelry stores and finally the mall and took everything we needed (I know its wrong but in the apocalypse every single stuff are necessities), the last place we went to is the museum. Why the museum you ask, because just before we raided the mall 5 golden pillar of light emerges from five different locations and we set out in the direction of the pillars. What we found are the similarities of the location and its all museums, and we ended up on going to RCMP Heritage Centre because the other four museums are a no go, in view of the fact that a ton of people are waiting outside and most of all the instability of the place. #Royal Saskatchewan Museum - contain bones of ancient beast from the pre-historic era, lifelike predators and primitive tribes (Worst case scenario happening is that they got re-animated) #Saskatchewan military museum- old used weapons, artifacts from the war #Saskatchewan science centre - contain lifelike pre-historic beast, miniature version of our earth. #Elvis Museum - life history of the king of rock and roll #RCMP Heritage museum - history of rcmp, from their clothes to their mounts and accessories As soon as we arrived at the location in contrast to other museums, this location has gathered way less crowds. As usual I told them to stay inside in case of an emergency, since there is an off-chance of something might happen considering each person would contend to claim ownership. I started heading to where the crowds are and waited for what seems to be 30 mins. the door under the golden pillar of light opened up and one after the other the crowd started fading and they were replaced with a golden ball of light and all got sucked right in. Waking up in what seems to be a square room in medieval era, with unknown glyphs beneath my feet. It seems to be a safe location given that there are no monsters spawning in. While looking around I spotted someone familiar at one of the corners of the room, my wife and daughter got caught up into the light looking confused and was glad after they saw me heading to their locations. M.kei - Daddy we saw you become a light ball and as soon that happens Mommy and I started to become like you and next thing we know we are here. Esme: Hani where are we? How did we get here? As soon as I heard the question I also felt puzzled since they didn't went with me close to the golden pillar so I asked the system. [Master, Im afraid your family was included because they are in your party] My sudden realization of how typical party system works is the same in every other game. I told them What system told me and I assure them that I will protect them no matter what. I noticed that the amount of people that were inside this room doesn't match up to the amount of people that got sucked in. My family and I are still lucky, we ended up in the same room together. I went ahead and inspected all of them and saw most are at level 3 - 4 and unbeknownst to me my wife's already thinking the worst case scenario and planning how to act if we met something hard to deal with. I also asked the system what about the van wasn't it part of the party since the van levelling up the same as us, why isn't the van included? [the van is not considered a living person and was not included because it is only a part of your system and not a party member] Couple minutes pass, everybody proceeded to the light and we did the same. My family and I ended up in a corridor, (looks like a typical dungeon) I told her to be prepared for anything and always keep your guard up, I also gave her "Sound of stillness" a way better weapon than goblin knives. I'm now holding "Buster blade" on my right as my main and a pistol as a secondary. We began walking, I'm at front and the two are walking side to side, we starting to see a multitude of bodies heading towards us, when we are able to see them clearly, I went and cast {inspect} and all are rank 1 class 1 zombies. Instead of mowing down everything on sight I gave Esme a chance to try out her skill {throwing knife}. In the beginning she kept hitting the body but didn't missed any and overtime she started to get a hang of it and kept hitting the head with great accuracy, after a while she exhausted her MP and told her to back off and we start heading to where we came from to rest. It took a long while to recover Esme's MP without a skill and told her that for now she just need protect M.kei and just watch my back. I commenced to annihilate the multitude of zombies by horizontally swiping my blade in between their heads killing them straight away. As soon as I hacked a zombie head in two they disappear like data being deleted and after this we saw a door and headed to the next room. [Total notification displayed killed 192 zombies, each person got 6 experience per kill and 4 UP each - was only shared with the 3 of us] [Total: 1152 exp and 768 UP] The room has a bed, chest and a 12 hour timer. I asked them if they need to rest or if they're hungry, they said they don't need to right now so we updated out statuses, distributed the points and took what's inside the chest and carried on. (Chest - We got 3 Red potions, 1 Blue potion and a Silver Dagger) Now we emerged in a wider corridor with pillars supporting the ceiling and the floor, we came to see groups of enemies much closer at the entrance and used {inspect} on them Rank 1 Mutated Zombie Rank 1 Bloated Zombie They look like normal zombies but they got longer arms and sharp nails and the one at the far back looks like they had too much air in their midsection. I lured a mutated zombie out from the group by throwing a pebble on it, that one looked on his left then right and when it spotted me standing a few distance away, it run after me. (from this ones speed its about 4 times faster than the normal walking zombie) As the mutated zombie attacked its pattern went from a downward strike by its right followed by its left, swiped horizontally to its right and finally it turned its whole body and made 180 degrees swiped horizontally by its right hand, the zombie is doing that pattern non-stop but I killed it right away while dodging every attack and I did the same with the bloated one (The bloated zombie spits acids - looks very dangerous when your not paying attention) I proceeded and used {Boost strength} and {Haste} before mowing down the group, as I was doing this Esme was throwing her knives every now and then while being cautious to not get the zombies aggro and also protecting M.kei in the process. We kept doing this for quite a while and keep taking breaks after a few groups killed. (Its really tiring) I have been wondering If there's an end to this until we saw a "BIG" door and from what it looks like, its a boss room. [Total killed wide corridor mobs 18 groups of 25 zombies - Rank 1 Elites - gained 10 experience per kill and 8 UP each] [Total: 4500 exp and 3600 UP ——————————————————————— Family POV: M.kei: Woah that's a Gigantic door dad. Hope there isn't any scary monster inside. Me: Don't you worry baby girl, Daddy can handle it. Esme: Are you sure hani? Me: Of course i can handle it, but your going to have my back right? Esme: Sure thing, but most of my attention will be with M.kei protecting her. Me: That is alright. M.kei: Daddy I'm tired, can we use your door dad to rest in the van? Me: Why haven't I thought of that So I did tried what my baby girl mentioned and when I tried to install it on a wall, a big red box with a beep sound and had a written ~{ERROR}~ on it appeared Me: Sorry baby girl, Daddy tried but it didn't work So I did the next best thing, I went and made a wall made of cars and trucks and filled to the brim that reaches through the ceiling opposite to the giant door, in order to cover what ever that might re-spawn on the other side of the wall. I set-up a tent close to the side of the corridor with beds inside and a little dining area by the outside. (It's really convenient to have everything -(salvaged)- you need in your inventory) We just had a meal made by Esme and I told them, that I will take first watch while they rest and Esme would do the same after. After we ate and fully rested, we distributed our BP, and this is our new panel looked Title : Gamer, Hoarder Rank: I Host: Jason A. Age: 34 Lvl: 8 -> 14 HP: 1770 -> 1800 (+30) MP: 600 Exp: 97/1300 UP: 1420 -> 5788 (+4368) BP: 90 -> 0 SP: 60 -> 0 Str: 30 -> 99 (+ 69) Int: 30 Agi: 30 -> 50 (+20) Dex: 30 Vit: 59 -> 60 (+1) Luk: 30 Total stats: 299 Passive: - Survival I, Pistol Mastery II, Archery IV, Hand to eye coordination VIII, Katana Mastery II, Mechanic I, Carpentry I, Electrician I, Driving II, Dual Wielder (no rank), Adaptability III, Improve Concentration I, Drop & Critical up II(new), Mana Sense I, Mana Manipulation I Active: - Inspect I -> I* (new), Boost strength II**, Haste I -> I* (new) Bash I (unlocked) -> Bash II* (new) Ability: (Can only be use for any vehicles owned) - Speed up I ---------------------------------------------- Title : The Wife Rank: I Name: Esme A. Lvl: 8 -> 14 HP: 1800 -> 2700 (+900) MP: 900 -> 1100 (+200) Exp: 97/1300 BP: 90 -> 0 SP: 5 -> 65 -> 0 Str: 30 -> 45 (+15) Int: 45 -> 55 (+10) Agi: 30 -> 40 (+10) Dex: 22 -> 30 (+8) Vit: 60 -> 90 (+30) Luck 30 -> 47 (+17) Total stats: 307 Passive: Knife Mastery III, Scalpel V, Cooking II, House cleaning III, Gardening III, Memorization III, HP Regen I** -> II (new), Drop & Critical up II, Improve Concentration I, Mana Sense II, Mana Manipulation I* -> I** (new) Active: Inspect I l, Knife throwing II, Boost strength I -> I**(new), Haste I -> I** (new) ——————————————————————— Title : Genius Rank: I Name: M-kei A. Age: 5 Lvl: 8 -> 14 HP: 1800 -> 2700 (+900) MP: 600 -> 1200 (+600) Exp: 97/1300 BP: 90 -> 0 SP: 50 -> 110 -> 0 Str: 13 -> 17 (+4) Int: 30 -> 60 (+30) Agi: 20 -> 30 (+10) Dex: 14 -> 30 (+16) Vit: 60 -> 90 (+30) Luk 20 Total stats: 247 Passive: Building blocks (Lego) EX, Structural design S, Good at games I, Quick learner II, Hand to eye coordination VII, HP Regen II -> II* (new), Improve Concentration I (new), Defence Up I (unlocked) -> Defence Up II (new), Mana Sense I -> II (new), Mana Manipulation I -> II (new) Active: Inspect I, Throwing III, Haste I ——————————————————————— Me: Was everything alright while I was napping? Esme: its all good, no monster has re-spawned so far After we stretched our legs and prepared our gear, I pushed the gigantic gate open and I didn't kept my hopes up since the first room is a corridor then followed by a wide corridor, I wasn't really expecting that another corridor is behind this gigantic door. The typical dungeon setup you would naturally find in summoned people to other worlds or any fantasy type novel doesn't apply here. The only similarities are the vibe of being in a dungeon under a castle and a white screen that stated where your at. ~| Boss Corridor |~ (Fu•• I wasn't expecting this) Esme: What does this mean hani? Me: its a final room and after this, is a treasure room or we will be given rewards. As for a boss corridor I hope its not what I think it is. The boss corridor is eerily quiet, I told them that I will be moving first and stay one car distance away from me just in case. I advanced step by step slowly moving myself forward very cautiously, then I heard a heavy footstep of a monster moving slowly but steadily. From the sound its making, the enemy is very heavy and from time to time metal clashing to bricks can be heard after couple steps from the monster ahead. I now told them to stay 3 - 5 cars away from me after hearing the sound coming from it because the monster is big. As I proceeded little by little I could see its frame, a very big ball walking in two legs and then I saw it, that's right its a juggernaut. While looking how it moves and planning how to engage this fat-ass in two legs without warning a metal ball connected to a chain clashed with its face and made it berserk, it roared and then it chased the perpetrator. Although the juggernaut is in berserk mode it run so slow but when it saw its prey, it speeds up and tackled its enemy and after, did a smash on it with both hands. From what I could see the other monster that threw the metal ball was a very beefed up zombie but still not a match for a juggernaut. I didn't use inspect on them since it still useless because ever since it only reveals its rank class and its name and so far only class 1 monsters comes out. Just after the juggernaut destroyed its prey, I quietly moved behind him and activated my skill Boost strength II**, Haste I* and right after I activated (my newly unlocked and updated active skill) Bash II* thru its back slashing my {Buster Blade} diagonally and followed by a trust intending to decapitate its head but the juggernaut's reflexes is very un-usual despite my timing after the downward slash it propelled itself forward and turned towards me after then the trust only cuts off its whole right arm. The juggernaut and I is currently in a staring contest and somehow its not attacking me but it looks like its measuring how dangerous I am and it roared then positioned itself for a tackle afterwards it rushed to me and did a tackle after, nevertheless I parried its assault and I propelled myself forward and did another slash but this time I directed it towards neck and finally beheading it. My family watched from the sidelines, M.kei is profusely sweating on her palm and Esme was diligently planning how to act while not being seen, while this is happening unbeknownst to Esme, M.kei's both hands had surrounds itself with flickering lights of mana trying to form arounds its wielder, then it stopped right after the confrontation. I was sweating and breathing heavily, didn't expect this kind of pressure between a 1 on 1 fight with a boss monster at the same time thinking that this is just the start. I took a breather then look at my notification and then I saw it [Killed Rank II Class 1 Juggernaut Zombie 33 experience, and 34 UP acquired] (Only 99 experience total for 1 juggernaut, damn thats too low and time consuming, is it because its an undead!) Pressing on, signaling my family to slightly follow behind me, I then engaged myself a battle with a beefed-up zombie, unlike the juggernaut this one moves the same speed as the mutated zombie but packed quite a punch, through the fight it always tried to grapple me to seize my movement but never had the courage or stupidity to try what he would do after grabbing me but pondering about it gave me shivers. After some time I killed it after cutting off both hands and a leg leaving him on the floor like a fish out of water and then beheading it. I find it more easily to kill it right after taking its limbs off. I rested with my family for quite some time before heading out again. I used inspect on the beefed up zombie and saw its name and class [Rank I Class 3 Brute Zombie] I thought my naming sense is closed enough. Using the basic Inspect skill only shows the rank and a class but not its level and stats I really need to level up my Inspect skill after this and hoping that I'll be able to see the monster's attributes. These time I tried another approach, I activated {haste} then rushed toward the brute zombie, it tried to get a hold of me with its both arms but I slid beside its legs while propelling myself to turn facing his back leg and applied {boost strength} to sever both legs then right away activated bash skill and slashed at its head dividing it to two. This battle is much more easier than the first or is it just my imagination. I mostly did the same easy tactic for most one vs one and one vs two battle with the brute zombies and luckily so far I haven't met any Juggernauts wandering around. Continuing on our exploration in this boss corridor I have met a ton of brute zombies partnered up with another brutes along this long boss corridor with a hiccup along the way. I remembered I told my wife don't attack the one that I have not given damage yet or else its attention might switch on you, but she didn't listen and just did her own thing and we ended up switching a brutes aggro to her. This hiccup she learned the hard way, although Esme could fend for herself I was more worried about the little one beside her, Although M.kei's stat attributes is almost like her mom's being a 5 yrs old and in a dungeon with her parents is still hard for us to cope with unlike being in our van and just leveling up while driving since the van's durability is high enough to keep us calm and collected. So while she protects M.kei for a couple minutes while fending off the brutes attacks and dodging all its grabbing motion fortunately I got there in time after killing my prey and saving their life before it got worst. After the battle Esme was sweating a lot so we rested for a little bit and we carried on. At the end of the corridor we found stairs spiraling upward and looking at the view. Its a long way up to the unknown. In the staircase we find torches hanged on the side that illuminates our way upward and whenever we reached another torch, the one before darkens. There aren't any undead on the stairways but we still kept our guards up until we reached the top and right after we saw the great hall. As the white notification box pop up in front of us stating that we are the first to arrived at the "Great Hall", and the banquet won't be happening until later. Observing the architecture of the so call great hall I found it too pleasing to the eyes, there are three large chandeliers, a few wall sconces decorated with gold and silver also the designs engraved on to the walls could make every noble house of the next era gawk at their artistic design. I was in my own world for a second while examining the designs when a notification box flashes before my eyes and a note say that we will be directed in a guest room where we could stay and wait until the feast starts then it transformed into an arrow. We were following the arrow and about to pass an opened door heading to our room then we saw a deep black faced monster with a knight looking helmet on his head with glowing eyes, wearing a blue suit covering his upper body down to its claw like hands, a crossed out heart symbol on its chest area and deep black color clown shoes patrolling the area. I immediately cast Inspect II on the monster and saw its description and a little add-on in it since I levelled up the skill to II. [Passive: Rank I Class 3 Heartless Soldier ver. weakness: melee attack] After we arrived in our room the arrow returned to a box and stated that we will be notified when its time for the banquet to start. The room we are staying at right now look at lot like medieval era and the furniture's are all made out of wood, I was curious to see a window on our room and wind breeze coming from outside. Walking close to the window I saw a vast green land reaching the far horizon and I called my family to see something remarkable, we all thought that we are transported in a dungeon but the place could be a castle since there was a great hall in it, there could also be a throne room and a treasure vault(just thinking about looting everything inside the vault is making me drool). Hence we started to distribute our attributes and this is our new page look like Title : Gamer, Hoarder Rank: I Host: Jason A. Age: 34 Lvl: 14 -> 17 HP: 1800 MP: 600 Exp: 304/1600 UP: 5788 -> 11533 (+5745) BP: 45 -> 0 SP: 30 -> 0 Str: 99 -> 114 (+15) Int: 30 Agi: 50 -> 80 (+30) Dex: 30 Vit: 60 Luk: 30 Total stats: 344 Passive: - Survival I, Pistol Mastery II, Archery IV, Hand to eye coordination VIII, Katana Mastery II, Mechanic I, Carpentry I, Electrician I, Driving II, Dual Wielder (no rank), Adaptability III, HP Regen I, Drop & Critical up II, Mana Sense I, Mana Manipulation I -> I* (new) Active: - Inspect I* -> II (new), Boost strength II**, Haste I* Bash II* Ability: (Can only be use for any vehicles owned) - Speed up I ——————————————————————— Title : The Wife Rank: I Name: Esme A. Lvl: 14 -> 17 HP: 2700 MP: 1100-> 1200(+100) Exp: 304/1600 BP: 45 -> 0 SP: 30 -> 0 Str: 45 -> 60 (+15) Int: 55 -> 60(+5) Agi: 40 -> 50 (+10) Dex: 30 Vit: 90 Luck 47 Total stats: 352 Passive: Knife Mastery III, Scalpel V, Cooking II, House cleaning III, Gardening III, Memorization III, HP Regen II, Drop & Critical up II, Improve Concentration I , Mana Sense II, Mana Manipulation I** -> II (new) Active: Inspect I -> II (new), Knife throwing II, Boost strength I -> I**, Haste I -> I** ——————————————————————— Title : Genius Rank: I Name: M-kei A. Age: 5 Lvl: 14 -> 17 HP: 2700 MP: 600 -> 1200 (+600) Exp: 304/1600 BP: 45 -> 0 SP: 30 -> 0 Str: 17 -> 32 (+15) Int: 30 -> 60 (+30) Agi: 30 Dex: 30 Vit: 90 Luk 20 Total stats: 292 Passive: Building blocks (Lego) EX, Structural design S, Good at games I, Quick learner II, Hand to eye coordination VII, HP Regen II*, Improve Concentration I, Defense Up II , Mana Sense II -> II** (upgraded with unlocking Mana Hands), Mana Manipulation II -> III (upgraded with unlocking Mana Hands) Active: Inspect I -> II (new), Throwing III, Haste I, Boost strength I (new), Mana Hands I (unlocked by emotions) -> I** (new) ——————————————————————— There are some changes that we noticed in our daughter's panel that we we're not sure how it came to be and some questions that I have been pondering since we have entered the dungeon so I asked my system for them. System do you know how did my daughter unlocked skills and also upgraded them without using SP? [Master, M.kei's situation developed overtime through her stress not able to help her parents since all of you entered the dungeon and through that she developed her own skill and over the period of time the system upgraded the following skills that corresponds by unlocking Mana Hands] Me: Are we able to unlock the same skill when we upgraded Mana Sense and Mana Manipulation at the same skill level like hers? [No Master, every individual has different potential and growth in order to unlock their own skill but some unlocked them thru stress, just like your daughter.] Me: Was there anyway for me to upgrade our defenses and attack power without using bonus points? [Master your upgrade points can be used to upgrade your clothes material and your weapons sharpness] Me: Is the dungeon running on a different system because we've noticed that the notification box is color white? [...] [Yes Master, that is what it looks like] Me: So its another system like you, how do we continue from here, do you have any idea system? [Stay on guard where ever you are Master. Kill the Boss Monster and you will know what to do after] That sums it up and now I proceeded to use inspect II on all our clothes and weapon and upgraded them ——————————————————————— Equipment: 5000 UP for ★★, 500 UP for **, 1000 UP for ***, 10 UP for 1 attribute ——————————————————————— Jason A. - UP: 11533 - 11530 = 3 Attack: 199 Defense: 255 Magic defense: 70 Agility: 120 Sharpness: 85 Penetration: 20 ——————————————————————— ——————————————————————— Main Weapon: Buster Blade★**->★*** Atk: 25 -> 65 (+40) Shp: 12 -> 85 (+73) Off-hand Weapon: Pistol★* Atk: 15 Pnt: 20 Head: - UA black project rock hat★** Def: 2 -> 25 (+23) Face: - Oakley msk3★** Def: 3 -> 15 (+12) Top: - Black Nike fit shirt★** Def 2 -> 30 (+28) Outerwear: None Bottom: - Black stretch slim jeans★* Def: 3 -> 35 (+32) Agi: 2 -> 15 (+13) Shoes: - Unisex red UA project rock BSR training★*** Def: 1 -> 30 (+29) Agi: 4 -> 25 (+21) Accessory 1: - Black Titanium Sword earrings★*** Atk: 3 -> 20 (+17) Def: 1 -> 30 (+29) Accessory 2: - Soul Mate wedding ring★*** Def: 3 -> 30 (+27) M.def: 5 ——————————————————————— Esme A. Attack: 90 Defense: 240 Magic defense: 70 Agility: 85 Sharpness: 50 ——————————————————————— Main Weapon: Sound of Stillness★** Atk: 15 -> 30 (+15) Shp: 8 -> 50 (+42) Agi: 3 -> 20 (+17) Off-hand Weapon: None Head: - Pink Nike dri-fit baseball cap★** Def 2 -> 25 (+23) M.def: 1 Face: - Gucci face mask★** Def: 2 -> 15 (+13) M.def: 1 Top: - Black off shoulder long sleeve bottom cut off★* Def: 3 -> 30 (+27) Outerwear: - None Bottom: - High waist butt lift jeans★** Def: 3 -> 25 (+22) Agi: 2 -> 15 (+13) Shoes: - Long black knee boots★** Def: 3 -> 25 (+22) Accessory 1: - Coco crush earrings★** > Def: 3, M.def: 3 Accessory 2: - Soul Mate wedding ring ★*** Def: 2 -> 30 (+28) M.def: 5 ——————————————————————— M.kei A. Attack: 32 Defense: 587 Magic defense: 50 Agility: 80 Dexterity: 80 ——————————————————————— ——————————————————————— Head: - Pony tail holder★** Def: 0 -> 50 (+50) M.def: 1 -> 50 (+49) Face: - Gucci Face Mask★** Def: 2 -> 100 (+98) Outerwear: - Pink Cardigan for kids★* Def: 1 -> 50 (+49) Top: - Princess Jasmine Magic T-shirt★** Def: 2 -> 100 (+98) Bottom: - Stretch Jean Pants★** Def: 2 -> 50 (+48) Agi: 3 -> 50 (+47) Shoes: - Mal Prestige Purple combat boots for kids★** Def: 2 -> 50 (+48) Dex: 3 -> 50 (+47) Accessory 1: - 24k gold Earrings★*** Def: 1 -> 97 (+96) M.def: 1 Accessory 2: ——————————————————————— Me and Esme already decided that we will be pouring as much as defense stats as possible to our daughter's clothes since she will be under Esme's protection while I confront the boss and its minions. The saved up upgrade points was divided first into two portion the 1st portion was distributed in M.kei's clothing stats while the 2nd portion was divided between the two of us. Right after the upgrade we ate a little bit and went to sleep after. ~[Couple hours after]~ ~Throne room~ King: How many have arrived thus far? Councillor: A family consist of 2 adults and a kid, they are the first to arrive in the great hall. King: A family... interesting.. King: Any news about the other participants? Councillor: None has yet pass the Juggernaut sire. King: So be it... We will start the feast Councillor: But sire.. King: No buts!! ( ~ the room shook for a bit~) know your place, councillor!. Coucillor: Yes my Liege, everything will be as you planned

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